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She Will Sleep Tonight.

Smooth the braids of her silien hair
On her oueenly brow with tender care.
Gather the robe in final fold
Around the form that will not grow old;
Lay on her bosom, pure as snow,
The fairest, sweetest flowers that bloW.
Kiss her and leave her, your hearts delight;
In dreamless peace she will sleep to-night.
A shadowy gleam of life-light lies
And her lips are closed as in fond delay
or the loving words she had to say;
But her gentle heart forgot to beat,
And from dainty hand to dainty feet
She is strangely quiet, cold and whlte.
The fever is gone-she will sleep tonight.
Put by her work and her empty chair;
Fold up the garments she used 10 wear;
Let down the curtain and close the door,
She will need the gariSh light no more;
Fer the task assigned her under the sun
Is finished now, and the guerdun won.
Tenderly kiss her, put out the light,
And leave her alone-she will sleep to-nlght.
O blessed sleep that will not break
For tears nor prayers, nor loves sweet sake
o perfect rest that knows no pain,
No throb, no thrill of heart or brain:
o life sublime beyond all speech,
That only the poor through dying reach
God understands and His ways are right;
Bid his beloved a long goodnight.
Weep for the days that will come no more.
For fhe sunbeam flown from hearth and door
For missing step, for nameleSS grace
OF tender voice and loving face;
But not for the soul whose goal Is won,
Whose infinite joy has just begun
Not for the spirit en- robed In light,
And crowned where the angels are tonight.
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Household Hints.

TO prevent flat-irons from scorching,
wipe them on cloth wet with kero-
sene.
TO brighten or clean silver or niekle
plated ware, rub with a wooled cloth
and flour.
When there is crack in the stove
it can be mended by mixing ashes and
salt with water.
White paint that has become discol'
ored may be nicely cleaned by using 8
little in the water for washing.
A good cement for china is ordinary
carriage varnish if put together neat,
ly the fracture Will be hardly percepti'
Bile, and it is not affected by water.
To clean bronze chandeliers, lamps
etc.-These articles should only be
busted with a feather brush or soft
cloth, as washing will take off the
bronzing.
Carpets, after the dust has been beat,
en- out, may be frightened by scatter
ing upon them corn meal mixed with
salt, and then sweeping it off; MIX
salt and meal in equal proportions.
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co NJ MON S.
Receiving Calls.

I want to urge every woman who
has any but very intimate friends tc
have an afternoon in the week to re-
ceive calls. Many women of wealth
and social position have adopted the
fashion, perhaps at first because it was
a fashion, but there Is a great deal
more than that to he said in its favor
and it is to the busy woman, who has
.every moment occupied with house
fhold duties and yet keeps her hold on
social life, who will find it saving oi
time and a means of snatching some
passing pleasure and repose, from
what otherwise is all occasional vexa-
ton, whom the custom would help
most. The advantage OF o receiving
day is often fully understood, but wo-
men who make no social pretension
shrink from it for fear Of being thought
"airyn or aping fashion. but it is just
these women who might look on it as
all absolute duty to themselves, and a
real kindness to their friends.
How many of us do know what it is
to have an acquaintance, who is both
agreeable and, would be, welcome, call
on US just as we are doing something
that we are nervously anxious to fin
ish, or that requires our undivided at
tention; fortunate if we are not in the
middle of some delicate cooking that
will spoil by leaving it. There are
then but two things to do ask our
visitor right into the kitchen or work
room, or leave everything and 60 to
her Just as we are; anything is better
than to keep her waiting. If we do
the first, she will know that she has
lust come at the wrong time, and feel
that she is intruding in spite of your
assurance that you wish her to stay,
and in fact you 60 OH busily with your
occupation you really cannot enjoy
her visit, while if you leave every
thing, you will show the marks per-
haps Of being very busy, and your
mind will wander to the oven that
was Just right, and is now cooling, or
the work that you wanted to finish so
specially to-day; in any case, you do
not enjoy the visit, and your visitor
will feel that you have been very po-
lite, but that she might have chosen
better time.
But having a "day" you do away
with all this, and you save time. You
know the afternoon or evening when
your friends will call, and you arrange
accordingly. You need lose time only
for that day; you will have no exact
ing work in hand; you will be dressed
ready, and stocking darning or small
mending, although not parlor work
may be left to pick up and can be put
away without mental anxiety when
visitors arrive. If you have made it
known that you have given up this
day, land you can pleasantly also give
your reason) you may have several
calls at one time, while otherwise each
would have come separately and sepa-
rately taken your time. Your callers
will probably enjoy meeting each 9TH
er, and you with your mind quite free,
will be at your best.
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Be Sincere.

A wise mother when asked, at one
time, what she considered one of the
first duties of parent in the training
of little children, replied, "To be per-
fectly sincere in all things, at all times,
in all places.n A development of this
view, as given in the american KIN
derqarten, may be seen in the follow
ing extract from that journal:
If curiosity buds in untimely ques'
tions, do not concoct some tale so ab'
surd that your tones and manner be-
tray your purpose, but say, frankly
and kindly, "When you are grown,
YOU will understand all these things;
now you must learn the things that be:
long to childhood; mamma waited
until she was a woman to learn the
things that concern grown-up people"
The curiosity will be allayed by that
method, while mystery and subterfuge
will only serve to excite it to greater
intensity, with the strongly probable
result of future deceitfulness and imi.
tating mystery Oh the part OF the
child.
A mother was so unfortunate as to
destroy a rare bit of china belonging
to a friend with whom she was visit
ing; her bright little boy, four years
old, was at her side, the only witness
to the accident. Clasping his hand,
the mother glided through the parlol
window on to the piazza, and when
the loss was discovered, she was rock
ing her boy and complacently singing
TO him. They heard the servant up
braided for carelessness heard her in.
dignant words of defense; knew that
she was peremptorily dismissed with
out a character" because the lady
thought her untruthful as well as care.
less. Bobby's chivalry was aroused,
and he began to scramble down from
his mothers knee; his eyes were
flashing anger, for Norah had won his
heart.
His mothers arm tightened about u
him, and Che whispered in his ear,
"Never mind, Bobby" The little iel'
low reluctantly returned to his moth
er's knee; but the puzzled look on ms
face was never forgotten by her. II
was an enigma to neighbors and friends
why Bobby changed from generous
frank, Justice loving little man. to q
cowardly sneak, who loved to injure
helpIess animals, smash toys, snap
flowers from we'll tended beds with
his whip. His misdemeanors were al
ways shifted to the shoulders of 9th.
ers than his own, and when in despair
his oft forgiving father decided to send
Bobby to a schoolship, the boy turned
10 his mother and referred to the incl
dent of the broken china as the start
no point of his wrong doing.
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The Cat aud the Bee.

"Buzz, buzz! hum, humv And the,
bee went buzzing and humming round
the room.
"Oh, what great big fly ~ said a
young kitten who was playing; what
soft velvet coat he has i! Insver saw
such fine fly before" Z
ut is not fly" said the. old cat,
who was stretched out upon the hearth,
rug; lit is bee, and bees have stings,
and if you meddle with it you will be
"Buzz, buzz hum, hum"
The bee was getting quite out Of pa
tience, and made more noise than ev-
er. The kitten watched him with in
creasing interest, and decided she
would catch him.
"But Pm not going to be disappoint-.
ed" said Frisk, cycling the old cat,
who now seemed to be fast asleep, with
some contempt; "mother is always
telling one something or other, as II
one had no eyes and no sense but herr
And the next time that the bee pau.
sed for a moment on the floor she
made dart at him. But the bee was
too quick for her, and flew high up in
to the air, buZzing louder than ever.
The old cat opened her eyes and
shook her paw al her kitten.
"You will get into trouble, Frisk, If
you do not let that bee alone" And
she doses off again.
The bee having flown round and
round, and banged itself against the.
window, settled again close to Frisk. 2
"Now is my time," said she to her
self, approaching very cautiously, and
then, suddenly raising her paw, she
brought it down upon the bee with a
triumphant "Mew."
But, alas! the new of triumph was
changed into howl of pain. She had
killed the bee, certainly, but the bee
had stung her soft velvet paw, and she
limped about the room in agony.
The old cat jumped up. "You fool
ish kitten" she said, "did not warn
you of what would happen? Howev-
er, it is the way of the world. Every
one must learn by his own expert
ence. .u-SeL, r
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Tie the Camel and Trust God.

Darkness was coming down upon
the desert. There were no trees to
cast lengthening shadows, no hilltop
to hold the lingering rays OF sunlight
hut suddenly, all over the wide extent
of level sand, darkness fell like black
robe. Mahomet and his attendants
halted on their journey, and a tent was
pitched: ,.,.uo, ,,
said one of the band. II will even
loose my camel and trust in Allah that
1 shall find him again in the morning
at sunrise" ..,
grave, uplifted finger, "tie thy camel
and then trust in Allah"
There is one point of our daily living
at which we see men and women con-
tinually loosing their camels, with
loud protests of trust in Allah, and
showing presently pious resignation al
their loss; mean the care OF thell
health. Of course, this earthly house
of our tabernacle must decay and we
must bear it's infirmities cheerily ano
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Advantages Of Early Poverty.

It is far from being always disad-
vantage to young men to commence
life in poverty. In fact the worst thing
that can happen to young man at
college is to have father or mother so
lniudicious as to keep him amply sup
piled with pocket-money. 1t is fatal
generally fatal to good morals. Thls
Is equally the case with a young man
in business, who is made to feel that to
him "salary is no object''-that veal
thy fathers purse is always open to his
most extravagant demands. Nothing
develops a young man like lighting
his own way in the world. Some spur
of necessity; some bracing of adverse
Surroundings is needful to most men, if
thev are to put forth their whole pow
er. The rich mans heir, nursed and
petted in infancy, and shielded from
battling with the world, never fairly
learns to stand erect and walk alone.
If by any chance he is stripped OF his
Inherited wealth and has to learn 10
take and give hard knocks like others,
he nearly always goes under IN the
strupgle-at any rate, he seldom re-
gains by his own efforts the fortune he
has lost. Nearly all the wealthy and
successful men Of this country are poor
mems sons. Nearly all of the schol-
ars, poets, orators, statesmen, are poor
men's sons, Wealth has its advanta..
yes, it is true, but, after all, the son OF
a rich man begins life with odds
against him. The poor mans son, has
ali the odds in his favor. He must
work or starve. He has nothing. to
lose and everything to gain. The rich
mans son has already social position,
and everything that money can give
him. There is much less to strive for,
and infinitely less inducement to
strive
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patiently; but there is neither sense
nor piety In committing our lives to
God, and then breaking all the laws OF
hygiene.
"This is a strange dispensation of
providence" T said mournfully to my
neighbor, as we attended together the
third funeral which we had followed
from Col. BIS house within two
years.
providence, indeed" answered
my neighbor with a gruff disrespect
which I hope was intended for me,
not for providence. "Humph! The
colonel keeps rotting potatoes in his
cellar!"
~ am asking God to give me dying
grace, that I may be willing to CO."
said girl in the last stages of con-
sumption.
"Ah," said her doctor, in confiden
tial whisper, "if she had only asked a
year ago for common sense to keep her
from putting off her flannel shirt in
midwinter to 60 to a party!"
Friend, eat plain, wholesome food,
wear sensible clothes, ventilate your
house, be temperate, be prudent; in
short, tie your camel. and then trust
in God and take cheerfully the dispen.
sations of his providence.
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SCIENCE.-The aroma Of red cedar
is fatal to house moths; the aroma OF
black walnut leaves is fatal to fieas. 1t
is a matter of common observation
that persons engaged in the business
of making shingles from odoriferous
cypress timber in malarlal dlstrlcts
are rarely, if ever, affected by malarial
diseases, and that persons engaged in
distilling turpentine do not suffer from
either malarial diseases or consump-
ton. 1t is said that when cholera was
epidemic in Memphis, Tenn, persons
working in livery stables were entire
ly exempt from it. 1t is affirmed that
since the destruction of the Glove trees
on the Island of Ternate the colony
has suffered from epidemics unknown
before; and in times when cholera has
prevailed in London and Paris those
employed in the perfumery factories
have escaped it's ravages.
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The Eloquent Tongue Now Still.

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher died in
Brooklyn March 8, 1887, aged 70. The
tongue of the world renowned speak
er is now still forever. He said some
things which he ought not to have
said and may have done some things
which he ought not to have done
like every other mortal on probation.
His equal, in many respects, is not left
behind him. Much has been said for
and against him by others which
would be the better if blotted out OF
still better if they had not been writ
ten at all.
The judgment day will set all things
right with Mr.. Beecher, his friends
and his foes.
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Christian Neighbor.
BY REV. SIDI H. BROWNE,
Of the South Carolina Conference.
Two Bats and q Dumb Horse.

Railway conductors and train hands
are, I think, more accommodating
now adays than years ago. They
help in and out fellows baggage a.
we'll as that of ladies. These on the
G.. G.. & A. r. r. are actually very
clever TO me-and other folks too
And Little Willie Cook is as clever as
they, for he took me from the cars last
Saturday evening and saw me safe,
via mule and buggy, to his fathers
Bro. w. s. Cook's-midway between
Leesville and Concord where lodged
in comfort, includinga a good sleep, un-
til Sabbath-time to go to Sunday
school. Twas we'll off that morning
two buggies-"two strings to my
bow''-take which I pleased-accept-
ed of both, but rode only in one-Miss
Birdie conductor-she put me out at
Concord and whipped back for anoth-
er load-of finer freight this time.
I think the children and the adults
are improving in promptness. No
congregation is more orderly in wor-
ship. None of them ever stay out,
and the children all stay for public
worship. 1t was, think, a good day
every way, and, may be, more or less
so to almost everybody there that
day.
Went to Bro. Tom Warren's where
the newly mated and happy Charlie
and Eula abide. Bro. Reedy G. and
the little girls fell in with the rest OF
us-and all seemed to be exactly pleas
ed.
Walking out about sundown I saw
two bats-to my eye the first Of the
season. They circled in the air, high
and happy-never saw bats fly as
high, nor any that seemed to enjoy
life as they did.
After prayers and tea gray John"
walked up to Leesville, and Tom and
T went along in company, permitting
said "Johnn to hear what we talked
about.
Often have wondered how much OF
peoples talk horses can understand.
If horses could talk and would tell all
that they hear people say, wouldn't
some people have time of it. Don't
remember that we two said anything
yery bad about other folks, nor any,
thing against each other, for at Lees
Vile we parted in peace. S. H. b.
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FOOD FOR THoUGHT.-GOVer st.
John. of Kansas, made temperance
address in Baltimore last week, which
the Sun considered good enough 10
print. From it the following eX-
tracts are taken:
st, John said: "This is a free coun-
try, and allhave right to belong to
whatever church or party they want
and whoever attempts to interfere
with that freedom is all enemy OF civil
government. I trust no prohibition
lat will become so narrow and sOulless
as to make faces at his neighbor be-
cause he differs in politics or religion.
The fight must be won, not by abuse,
but by appeals to the heart and rea-
son. I will not even say an unklnd
word of saloon-keeper. 1t is out OF
place to abuse man for engaging in a
lawful business. I am unable to see
the difference between the saloon ana
the man who keeps it, between the
saloon and the law which protects, it,
between the law and the church dea,
con who votes for it. When they all
come before the judgment, God will
not take time to grant separate trials,
but will deem all alike guilty. ZAP
planse.) We are told that it can't 6a
helped, that We are in a miserable
minority. I'm used to that, and ! like
it. (Laughter) Ignorance and pre-
iudice are hard to overcome. l speak
from experience, for l have had both
III,aughter. When Noah was floating
around in the ark and looked out or
the big majority in the water, none o
those with him wanted to go over te
the majority. (Laughter.) But many
would have been glad to have gone
over to the minority with Noah.
(Laughter.)
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WARS REALITY.-We are at Ante.
tam. People think that battles and
being killed are what make war horri-
BILE, but these things are as nothing
when compared with wars real hor-
rors. The being kept for weeks, and
weeks and months at a time in bare,
wretched quarters, with nothing IN
YOUR life really suited to body or mind,
without books or cheerful companion
ship, with hard, dry food and coarse,
rancid fat meat, and too little of it at
that ; with vcrmin and scurvy, and
damp and cold, until heart despair and
pipstv greed are facts, and home and
decency are fading dream and then
on the march and after battle, to see
the dead lying stark, or being hustled
while vet dying into holes hastily dug,
while a stick marked unknown" Is
iammed in above them: to see the
wounded huddled together, mangled
and CORY, in the mud and snow. hop
ing, and hoping vainly, for help; TO
hear their terrible means and cries,
and to have to 60 on about your own
business as if you saw and heard
nothing-these, and worse, are some
of the things which teach man what
war means, and the awful responsible
ity of him who promotes war.
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STUDY Your ANIMALs.-Some far
mers have learned that animals are
not alike in every respect, says the
Farm Journal. They all have stom-
achs, but while they are all after the
same plan they do not all work alike.
This fact accounts for one calf getting
the scours, while the rest may do well
on the same feed. One calf will con.
stipate, bloat, and have spasms-stiff;
ness of the legs-and perhaps fall
down, while others will be all right.
The farmer is the only one to study
and find out their peculiarities, and
manage his animals according to theil
differences of appetite, digestion, and
assim .lation. Some animals do moi
bear confinement, and others can not
endure the cold-a chill makes them
sick.-Erchange.
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WATER FOR Cows.-As we'll drink
the water from a filthy barnyard pool
as to allow your cow to drink 1t, ana
then use her milk. Whatever lmpur-
tiles may be in the water are taken up
by the system of the COW, and are Civ
en- off in her milk and pass off into
the system of the human consumer.
Owners of cows, then, should be very
careful to allow them only pure water
to drink, and it is just as important
that their food be pure and wholesome
also.
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Revival in Newberry, s. C.

From Bro. w. T. Tarrant, Steward
we learn that for three weeks past
gracious revival has been going on in
the Methodist church in Newberry
il. Stokes, pastor. Very many souls
have been converted and added to the
different churches in the town. The
meeting has been, with the concur
renee of the pastor, under the con-
duction of "Tom Leatch," aided by
the pastor, Mr.. Scuddy, Uncle
Mark Boyd, Rev. Clifton and others
"Nothing like this has been seen IL
many years."
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The pastor of Lowndesville charge
w. S. Martin, appends:
We are all we'll and in very comfort
able quarters.
This is fine country and with oul
new railroad see no reason why this
County may not prosper.
My people are kind and attentive
and am hopeful of the outlook.
AS the NE1GHBoR is now being pub
lished in Abbeville so near by, we
shall expect you up some time during
the summer and shall claim q visit.
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BIG TALK.-Some editors, publish
ers, correspondents, and weather-cock
candidates who pay little or no taxes
are among the stoutest in advocating
measures-"free schools" in particular
which increase the burden on the
real tax payers.
The interested will take q note OF
this, and spot those whose patriotism
and charity ~ are at the cost of other
and honest people. 1t is time for truly
honest people to speak and to act.
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SCHOOLS:
Taking Aim.

There were four little boys
Who started to 60 S.. ...s
From the very same spot,
To make tracks in the snow. .r.
Who made his path straightest,
They laid In their plan. -
or all the contestants
Should be best man. -E =
Now, this little four
Were Philip and John,
And merry. faced Harry,
And sober-eyed Don;
The best friends in the world,
And full of invention
In play, but they seldom
Were found In contention.
Well, they started together,
And travelled along,
But John, Don and Harry,
In some way went wrong;
But Phil made his path
Nearly straight, and they wondered.
Why they three had blundered.
Then Philip replied,
"The reason you see:
Though no harder tried
To succeed than you three,
Ipushed for that oak,
Going forward quite ready, a.
While you struggled on
Without aim, and unsteady"
Now, you see, my dear boys,
What such lessons teach
If there is point
That you wish to reach,
A position in life
At oil worth naming,
If you gain 1t, twill greatly
Depend on your aiming.
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The Methodist Advance says -
"Rev. DR.. Winfield, the Arkansas
Doctor Of Divinity, has discovered
that q man may be in the Presiding
Eldership too long. But the funny
thing about it is that he never made
the discovery till he got out of it
Who ever did"
ANs.-Those who being continued
therein missed an office of greater
honor or still larger salary. ED. c. N